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General information

General information

VMware vSphere version

VMware vSphere® Enterprise Plus 8 is selected by default. For new instances, vSphere 7 is also available to order.

VMware vCenter Server version

vCenter Server 8 is selected by default. vCenter Server 7 is also available to order.

For existing instances or clusters with vCenter Server 7, you can add only vCenter Server 7 clusters or hosts.

Instance name

The instance name is set to vrw-xx by default, where xx represents two randomly generated alphabetic characters.

You can also specify an instance name that meets the following requirements:

  • Only lowercase alphabetic, numeric, and hyphen (-) characters are allowed.
  • No consecutive hyphens are allowed.
  • The instance name must start with a lowercase alphabetic character.
  • The instance name must end with a lowercase alphabetic or numeric character.
  • The maximum length of the instance name is 10 characters.
  • The instance name must be unique within your account.

Resource group

Use resource groups to organize the resources in your account for access control and billing purposes. The default resource group in your account is selected. You can also select another resource group according to your needs. The resource group that you select cannot be changed after the instance is created.

If No resource group available is displayed in this field, you currently do not have permissions to any resource group in this account. Contact the account owner to be assigned an Editor or Administrator role on a resource group in the account. For more information, see IBM Cloud IAM roles.

Instance configuration name

Click Browse configurations to open the configuration manager side pane. Here, you can choose a configuration from the list of saved templates to update it and then save it as a new configuration template.

If you do not see any configurations in the list, then you do not have any saved templates and might want to create one. To create a configuration, first specify the settings for your instance as a configuration template without placing an order. To save the settings, click Save configuration on the Summary pane.